University of North Carolina Wilmington Student Population and Demographics

UNCW Student Population

There are 18,848 students including 15,254 undergraduate and 3,594 graduate students at University of North Carolina Wilmington for the academic year 2024-2025. By attending status, there are 14,875 full-time and 3,973 part-time students with gender distribution of 6,598 male and 12,250 female students.

University of North Carolina Wilmington is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 4,303 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

University of North Carolina Wilmington has a total enrollment of 18,848 with a gender distribution of 35.01% male (6,598 students) and 64.99% female (12,250 students). There are 5,618 male and 9,636 female students in undergraduate school and 980 male and 2,614 female students are attending graduate school at University of North Carolina Wilmington.

Student Population By Gender
University of North Carolina Wilmington
	Total	Men	Women
Total	18,848	6,598	12,250
Undergraduate	15,254	5,618	9,636
Graduate	3,594	980	2,614
Full-time	14,875	5,466	9,409
Part-time	3,973	1,132	2,841

[Chart] University of North Carolina Wilmington 2025 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

University of North Carolina Wilmington has 14,875 full-time and 3,973 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 13,217 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 2,037 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 1,658 students are full-time and 1,936 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
University of North Carolina Wilmington
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	18,848	14,875	3,973
Undergraduate	15,254	13,217	2,037
Graduate	3,594	1,658	1,936
Men	6,598	5,466	1,132
Women	12,250	9,409	2,841

[Chart] University of North Carolina Wilmington Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At University of North Carolina Wilmington, 4,303 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 8,428 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 18,848 students.

In undergraduate schools, 9,848 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 2,883 students are attending some online courses.

2025 Distance Learning Enrollment
University of North Carolina Wilmington
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	18,848	15,254	3,594
Online Exclusively	4,303	1,714	2,589
In Some Online Classes	8,428	8,134	294
Not In Online Classes	6,117	5,406	711

[Chart] University of North Carolina Wilmington Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

Race/Ethnicity Distribution

This section analyzes the student population by race/ethnicity at University of North Carolina Wilmington. There are 98 American Indian/Native American, 14,242 White, 1,038 Black/African American, 427 Asian, 1,654 Hispanic, 30 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 348 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
University of North Carolina Wilmington
	Total	Men	Women
Total	18,848	6,598	12,250
American Indian/Native American	98	32	66
Asian	427	154	273
Black/African American	1,038	320	718
Hispanic	1,654	579	1,075
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	30	12	18
White	14,242	4,996	9,246
Two More	624	209	415
Race Un-Known	379	139	240

[Chart] University of North Carolina WilmingtonRace/Ethnicity Distribution

Student Age Distribution

The following table and chart show the student enrollment by age distribution at University of North Carolina Wilmington.

Age Distribution
University of North Carolina Wilmington
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	18,848	15,254	3,594
Under 18	282	282	0
Age 18-19	5,392	5,392	0
Age 20-21	5,579	5,491	88
Age 22-24	2,713	1,979	734
Age 25-29	1,696	872	824
Age 30-34	1,008	479	529
Age 35-39	724	305	419
Age 40-49	976	316	660
Age 50-64	458	130	328
Over 64	20	8	12
Age Un-Known	0	0	0

[Chart] University of North Carolina Wilmington 2025 Age Distribution of Enrollment

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